Centre announces MSP for Rabi crops of 2019-20
CCEA has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops of 2019-20 to be marketed in Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2020-21
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CNH acquires AgDNA, farm management information system
The acquisition will enable CNH Industrial’s customers and third party agricultural machinery, to benefit from AgDNA’s single point data integration, mapping and analytical tools
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SLCM shines at 2nd Annual Future Warehouses Summit & Awards
SLCM recognised in ‘IoT Solutions in Warehouse of the Year 2019” and “Best Agri and Fresh Produce Warehouse 2019” categories
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Honey company APIS India’s revenue reaches Rs. 102 Cr in 2018-19
APIS India is one of the leading exporters of honey and is catering to more than 20 countries across the globe
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Mahindra sells 23,539 tractors in India in May 2019
Mahindra’s total tractor sales, domestic and exports, during May 2019 were at 24,704 units, as against 29,330 units for the same period last year
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Indofil acquires Italian Agrowin Biosciences
Indofil Industries has acquired majority stake in Agrowin Biosciences, a crop protection and plant nutrients company based in Milan, Italy
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Case IH, New Holland Agriculture bag ‘Machine of the Year’ awards in Paris
Case IH was recognised for its Versum CVXDrive in the Mid-Size Tractor category and Quadtrac CVXDrive in the XL Tractor category. New Holland Agriculture garnered awards for both its CR Revelation combine harvester with IntelliSense technology in the Combine category and T5 AutoCommand in the Mid-Size Tractor category
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Agri-Tech Company CropIn Registers 300% Growth
Backed by Chiratae Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund (London & Seattle), SaaS-based agri-tech solutions provider, CropIn has registers a 3X recurring revenue growth in the last five quarters, and aims to reach 6 million farmers by 2022 with 15 million acres being monitored through its platform
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Centre to bring in Ease of Doing Agri-Business Index
The proposed Ease of Doing Agri-Business Index has taken the aspects of increasing production and productivity, increasing price realisation of agriculture produce and decreasing input costs of production, risk mitigation and investment related attributes
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Karnataka bets big on millets to combat climate change and providing nutrition security
Over the years, Karnataka has been taking progressive steps in agriculture sector. In the past, one such initiative, Rashtriya eMarket Services (ReMS), an online platform for agriculture commodity trade has been the core idea behind launching the e-National Agriculture Market (eNAM) in 2015 by the Central government. With the threats looming from climate change and frequent droughts, the state is promoting millets as smart food. In an exclusive interview with Agriculture Post, NH Shivashankara Reddy, Minister for Agriculture, Government of Karnataka discussed issues ranging from its millets programme to various agricultural policies of the state.
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